The Department of Foreign Affairs confirmes the death of a third Filipino — a 49-year-old woman from Negros Occidental — in the ongoing Hamas attacks in Israel.
The Department of Foreign Affairs on Friday confirmed the death of a third Filipino — a 49-year-old woman from Negros Occidental — in the ongoing Hamas attacks in Israel.
“I regret to inform you that yes, it is confirmed. There is a third Filipino casualty,” Foreign Affairs Undersecretary Eduardo de Vega said in a Palace briefing. “Now we join the nation in extending our deepest sympathies to the relatives of the latest casualty who was also a caregiver,” he added. De Vega said the family is already aware of the death and the Philippine Embassy in Israel is in talks with the woman's siblings residing in Kuwait for the repatriation of her remains.Filipinos were killed in the ongoing war between Israel and the militant group Hamas.
The other two reported deaths were a 33-year-old female from Pangasinan working in Israel for six years, and a 42-year-old male from Pampanga.“It doesn’t mean that there’s no hope because as we said before there were a lot more missing a week ago. And then,The DFA said the President’s priority now is repatriation but no one can get in and out of Gaza due to a blockade, making repatriation “not yet possible as of this time.
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